[Shermy]

August 13, 2003, Wednesday

EDITORIAL DESK
Hussein and 9/11

To the Editor:

I would like to correct any possible misunderstanding of my remarks on ''Meet the Press,'' quoted in Paul Krugman's July 15 column, about ''people around the White House'' seeking to link Sept. 11 to Saddam Hussein.


I received a call from a Middle East think tank outside the country, asking me to link 9/11 to Saddam Hussein. No one from the White House asked me to link Saddam Hussein to Sept. 11. Subsequently, I learned that there was much discussion inside the administration in the days immediately after Sept. 11 trying to use 9/11 to go after Saddam Hussein.

In other words, there were many people, inside and outside the government, who tried to link Saddam Hussein to Sept. 11.

WESLEY K. CLARK
Little Rock, Ark., July 18, 2003



Published: 08 - 13 - 2003 , Late Edition - Final , Section A , Column 6 , Page 24

[Peach]

Thanks again for that link. FNC reported Clark now says it was a Canadian think tank. Guess we get to pick which lie to believe!

[okie01]

(What is the name of the think tank?)

Er, what think tank?

Oh! That think tank...